Improvement in pressing and stuffing-machines



UNITE STATES EPHRAIM S. HOLLOVVAY, OF OOLUMBIANA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN PRESSING AND STUFFING-MACHINES.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,709, dated July4, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHEAIM S. HoLLowAY, of Columbiana, in the county ofColumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Stuffing and Pressing-h/Iachines for Butchers and Household Work; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, olea-r, and exactdescription thereof, referencebeinghad to the accompanying' drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the con! struction andarrangement of a gate, guide, screw, follower, and operating-gear,arranged and operating with relation. to each other as hereinafterdescribed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe more fully its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing', which forms part of my specification,Figure l an end elevation of my improvement in stuiing andpressing-machines for butchers and household work; Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same, cut through at line y of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the base or frame, to whichare attached guides B for the gate A. To the cross-bar o of the guides'B is secured a nut, h, in which works a screw, F, the upper end ofwhich is pivoted in the end piece t of the gate A, in the sides of whichare pivoted the axes of the wheels C and E, which mesh into the wheel Don the upper end of the screw F, the lower end of which is provided'with a follower, g. In the base A is itted a bottom piece, n, for thereceiving-vessel lc, which is provided with a spout, m. The bottom piecen is provided with slides s, which are fitted in corresponding groovesin the base A, clearly shown in Fig. 1. The receiving-vessel k may bepro vided with a vessel, l, whichis placed within the vessel lc. Thisvessel is used for pressing berries and other fruit, and maybeused forpressing lard. The sides ofthe vessel t are provided with a large number of small openings, as represented in Fig. 2.

When the press is arranged as shown in the accompanying drawing, and isto be used for pressing berries, they are put in a bag or within thefolds of a cloth, and placed in the vessel l the operator turns thecranks J which revolve the wh eels O and E, which will revolve the wheell), and thereby the screw F, which, by turning I in the nut h, will drawdown the gate A and mechanism connected to it, and force down thefollower g upon the berries in vessel I, and their .juice or liquor willow out through the openings in the sides of the vessel into -he vessel kand out through the spout m into a suit able vessel. For stuingsausageaneat the vessel L is not required. The vessel is secured to thedetached bottom piece for convenience of manipulating the vessel. Thegate A and fol lower g are raised up with great speed by turning thecrank of wheel C, the small wheel E being used for gaining power. Thearrangement of wheels will be readily understood, and also their use.

The gate A, guides B, operating-gear O, I), and E, in combination withscrew F and follower g, constructed, arranged, and operating withrelation to each other, substantially as herein described, and for thepurpose set forth.

E. S. HOLLOW/TAY.

Witnesses JAMES J. JoHNsToN, L. C. THOMAS.

